Northeast Radiology, P.C. Faces Scrutiny for Potential Security Rule Violation - Compliancy Group

Northeast Radiology, P.C. Faces Scrutiny for Potential Security Rule Violation - Compliancy Group

On April 10, 2025, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office for Civil Rights (OCR) announced a settlement with Northeast Radiology, P.C.. This settlement is the 6th enforcement action under OCR’s Risk Analysis Initiative. The penalty? $350K. The Breach that Launched the Investigation In March 2020, Northeast Radiology, P.C. (NERAD) filed a breach report with the OCR. In its report, NERAD noted that an unauthorized party had acces…

HHS Office for Civil Rights Settles HIPAA Security Rule Investigation; Northeast Radiology agrees to corrective action plan and $350,000 monetary penalty

Over the past few years, DataBreaches has reported on a breach involving Northeast Radiology and its business associate, Alliance Healthcare Services. In March 2020, Northeast Radiology revealed its patient data was involved in a breach Alliance notified them about in January, 2020. TechCrunch had contacted Northeast Radiology about its unpatched PACS servers in 2019, but… Introduction to Malware Binary Triage (IMBT) Course Looking to level up …